Everything Pop Culture That Happened in 2023 (history was made)

It's the end of 2023 which means we are back back back with another year in pop culture wrapped! From The Eras and Renaissance Tour, Rihanna's superbowl, Prince Harry's memoir, The Barbie movie, Gwyneth Paltrow's ski trial and Ariana Grande's relationship it's a big one, so strap in.
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timestamps:
00:00:00 intro
00:00:54 january
00:08:16 february
00:13:58 march
00:18:42 april
00:23:27 may
00:29:34 june
00:35:55 july
00:43:22 august
00:49:58 september
00:55:09 october
01:01:23 november
01:06:44 december

[@sleepybeepymeepy]

“name five chris brown crimes everybody live” genuinely laughed out loud

[@ameliahenderson522]

The planning that must’ve gone into this 👏🏽 thank you for providing Lewys 🙏🏽🙏🏽😫

[@lookingforlewys]

❤️❤️❤️

[@nbunnysnowboard]

Coming for Mike’s Mic’s wig

[@paulapichardo4443]

“name 5 chris brown crimes challenge…everybody live” ate him up 😭😭😭

[@lexieh.7885]

As someone with a TERRIBLE memory, this video was soooo needed

[@fluffs.]

As someone who lives under a rock, this video was very educational.. thank you

[@whoissimi]

absolutely iconic video

[@lookingforlewys]

thanking uuuuu

[@whoissimi]

@@lookingforlewys 🩷🩷🩷

[@ematron]

You are a legend for this. Thanks for giving the girlies the content we need

[@amlong14]

the taylor swift comment in the gweneth trial (16:19) was because taylor had also counter-sued people in the past for $1 so the lawyer was trying to see if she got the idea to counter-sue for a dollar from taylor. obviously don’t expect most people to know this as it’s pretty niche taylor lore

[@MakeupWithSmidge]

Prada was my top song of this year and I had no idea who she was before then. (Didn’t realise she was the singer of escapism) and seeing the clip of her crying with her award made me feel so warm. She appreciated everything so much. Keep slaying queen. Can’t wait to hear what she has to come up with next! Am gunna go check her album now!

[@lilly6236]

thank you once again for the very necessary deep dive into some of the most relevant moments in pop culture in 2023!!! also your mic is slaying (as well as your commentary)🫶🏼🫶🏼

[@briellemarsh]

Obsessed with these deep dive analysis videos!!! From one pop culture fiend to another xox

[@charlieblanche3321]

Brilliant video 👏 I am HERE for it! And finally a youtuber from my own country that I actually love to watch!😅 love it mate, and love your whole vibe ❤

[@partynxtdoors]

i live for these long & in-depth videos pleaseee carry on with them

[@alicejade3657]

Tell me why i had more concentration for this than any movie. Lewys makes up 100% of my pop culture knowledge, no pressure 😊

[@thejascam]

your 2022 video was how i found channel 🥰 i love these videos the editing and visuals are amazing!

[@ellieedwards5477]

i love the pop culture videos🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼thanks lewys❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@orlaaabop1586]

this is lowkey such a public service thank u lewys

[@annamyerscough2214]

Amazing video...Don't even know where you start when it comes to planning this vid and putting it together. Hats off to ya, have a fab 2024

[@CoreyT97]

This video was so good! So many things I forgot about 😂 Thank you, Lewys!!

[@chattylily]

so much work went into this! love it thanks!

[@NoIts_Eliza13]

I have been watching you for a while now and I only just remembered seeing you on cbbc growing up and I feel so happy to discover that

[@sunshine-lps]

amazingggg video, this was perfect to watch while studying!!

[@gleebling]

what a year 😮 thank you for the recap!

[@zo_mar777]

thank you SO MUXH for mentioning mr cigarette on call her daddy I've been missing this LEGENDARY moment in all the other 2023 recaps... doing the lords work

[@isabellajohnson3833]

Such a good vid Lewyssss love ur deep dives

[@kimmy03]

Well done Lewys very good watch :)

[@thejoanamendes]

This was 10/10 💅🫶✨ thank you!

[@UKINFLUENCERS..2881]

Somehow, I managed to hold off witching this video until New Years Day!! This video must have taken so much effort!!

[@pumpkincleo8185]

THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!

[@gilicohen8806]

doing the lords work TY LEW❤️❤️🥳🥳🥳🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@mkressyy]

This was so thorough! I respect it❤

[@endgamesbeats]

You ate this. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@rubyburchell7740]

This was impeccable 😙

[@evieh4468]

this vid is the highlight of my year

[@lookingforlewys]

yaaaaaas

[@tukook240]

Wow I loved this video so much❤❤

[@bethlumsden4353]

I am obsessedddd with these videos!!!

[@pistachioroyal]

i’ve never clicked so fast ahaha i’m braiding my hair and this long video is so needed😅

[@lookingforlewys]

glad to be of help 🧘‍♀️

[@rttss.1123]

Lewys you always deliver

[@Emily-sm6px]

LOVE THIS

[@PrincessPeachy]

Thanks for a wonderful 2023

[@lookingforlewys]

and thank you too!

[@phoebemae3618]

PERFECT video to watch while I revise a-levels!!!!!!!

[@evewilliams4788]

I am LOVING these deep dive videos

[@jessiehardie2445]

This was amazing

[@alexfalcon-lj6ry]

absolutely flawless

[@medsm3113]

lovely video!! so glad it got recommended to me slaayyy

[@pistachioroyal]

you ATE with the chris brown crime comment 😭

[@cashewmilk1205]

fantastic summary this must’ve been a headache to put together

[@MeganMegandaughter]

Kourtney holding the sign was a reference to a blink-182 video, I thought it was actually kinda sweet, especially for Travis's fans

[@Saltyb1tch87]

I just spent an hour trying to find a really old video where you go “Millie is serving…tables” But could not find it. So iconic

[@Emmarenaee]

53:12 had me WEAKKKKK 🤣

[@MeeplandHeights]

I'm so glad for this, i don't keep up with anything pop culture so these are so fun at the end of the year to see what happened in the full (abridged) story! ❤

[@someonhuman703]

Omg I live under a rock so can’t wait to catch up on the whole years drama lollll

[@lookingforlewys]

it’s a goooood year ur in for a treat❤

[@risingfemme5055]

This was so entertaining

[@thatoneinternetgirl7965]

Man crazy to see what different internet experiences we have. No idea who half these ppl are much less heard the drama lol.

[@Floss.1e]

Only seen your Mexico trip on millies snapchat, then I saw this video. I KNEW you would deliver and you Diddd. New fav KZbinr hehe ♡

[@emmasadler5607]

can’t wait to watch this

[@Charlie-no6dr]

Thank you for talking about and standing up for Melissa Barrera, I’ve not seen enough people doing that 🍉❤

[@IzzyPinckston]

this was 10/10

[@OliviaBentley-zp4hy]

yes please a MILEY ERAS TOUR NOW.

[@sarahirwin8024]

Honestly one of the most talented and original KZbinrs. I AM OBSESSED with your deep dives

[@armsid]

Omg I just happened to be looking at the “subscribe” button at 46:25 and that’s so cool

[@chaeyoungsstrawberryfarm3327]

Understand me right when I say, it’s kinda funny how June (pride month) ruined like every straight relationship🤭👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩

[@tasheve3015]

watching this while doing my nighttime skincare routine

[@mollymcinerney165]

Noooo Lewis, the reason why everyone hated on Hailey beiber for the nepo baby top is because she changed right after into a plain white t!! She couldn’t even commit to the bit 👏🏻👏🏻

[@dottydelrey4736]

the obsession people have with celebrities is wild 😭

[@ephrasiemuliro]

I’m sat!!

[@anikajoy5739]

Finger marks in her jam? Nah it was bread crumbs in her jam from spreading it on toast.

[@loli_cvnt5622]

Oh, everyone, if you were hyped for Idol's original Script, please give Oshi no Ko a try. It's very good and it's basically everything we liked about the og idol Script.

[@Beccax0x]

I wish he posted more

[@mnilbydntkt]

Edit: just thought I would preface this comment by clarifying that this is not a critique of Lewys but of the 2023 pop culture recaps I have watched so far ❤ The ethnic cleansing in gaza and violence in the west bank was such a major part of my life in the last few months that it feels weird not mentioning it. Especially as it did affect pop culture. The submarine was mentioned, deaths of celebrities were mentioned, but the 20k+ death toll wasn't?I don't see how something that instigated a shift in humanity and celebrity culture could've been omitted. It would be like doing a 2020 recap and not mentioning the imagine video, Vanessa Hudgens saying that people dying is inevitable, folklore, and Kim K's birthday. You know the bar for 2023 recaps is so low when I reacted positively to you mentioning Palestine, even though it was in the context of centring Melissa Barrera's firing. I appreciated it nevertheless. Not sure why people are still tip-toeing around this humanitarian crisis and genocide, at this point the situation is very black and white. And we all have a stake in this, no matter where we currently live. Anyway. I just wouldn't call this an encyclopaedia. History was made but the major point that will actually be in history books wasn't mentioned.

[@mariyia]

Maybe people are not mentioning it because it’s a literal war and a serious matter and not just a “pop culture moment”? I for example wouldn’t want to see a mentioning of thousands of dead people in the Russia-Ukraine war, because it’s a serious cause, not a light hearted thing that you could mention with a smile and humorous attitude as he had in this video. He is not discussing politics, this video was intended to be about celebrities and it was, because “pop culture moments” IS the compilation of celebrities and media, not a news report

[@mnilbydntkt]

​​@@mariyia ​​@mariyia the genocide in Gaza had a very big impact on pop culture idk what to say. Lots of celebrities did weird shit. I get where you're coming from tho. I just think that, by that logic, mentioning the submarine thing would've been unnecessary. And if the submarine was mentioned because of the memes, what about the IOF's propaganda? It wasn't critiquing Lewys. Just sharing my thoughts on the pop culture recaps I had watched so far and how the absence of the genocide and its impact on pop culture, celebrity culture, and internet culture was just. Omitted.

[@mariyia]

@@mnilbydntkt i partially agree with you but about the submarine case - i think it is mentioned because of all the memes and everything but also because nobody is really considering their deaths a tragedy. Nobody is feeling sorry and pitiful for a bunch of reckless billionaires, everybody is treating it like a fun meme, whilst the deaths of thousands of civilians on both sides is not a funny thing at all so it’s not really suiting for such a fun humorous video. The ridiculous passing of a couple of wealthy and all of the memes related to it, on the other hand, suits the topic and the mood of the video.

[@zellaflynn]

the ice spice collab couldn’t have been a backtrack thing, timeline wise. plus they’re really close friends irl

[@lippyandkittymsp6449]

bloody love your videos so much these are my favourite type of youtube videos ever, however i’d have to disagree on your point about PF2 having no resemblance to PF1 as i think it does, it’s playful, uses popular samples and features and overall i think her rapping style is similar, although i just hate when rappers make seconds to albums as to me it’s unnecessary. I think it’s insane for anyone to think roman reloaded is a better body of work than PF2

[@jeannetterw]

I have a Yeti of black coffee, and one with ice water. Let's go.

[@hayleywarren2043]

Ughhhh this ate so hard I suddenly gained an attention span👏🏻👏🏻

[@firewind3509]

Where’s the substack link? 😭 and do you still contribute to Notion magazine?

[@kathrynharrison8218]

lewys where’s the link to the playlist!!

[@lookingforlewys]

should be in the description! 🥰

[@dicenty2608]

37:51 threads came out in mid-december in germany, so now its a thing here 💀

[@holly7456]

scooter braun retired thank gawwwd he's prob going to hide on a remote island somewhere

[@xoy1148]

Someone make one for 2024 SO MUCH HAS ALREADY HAPPENED

[@awkwardcutie]

Season 15 dragrace?! Why isn't the 14th or 15th season on netflix? 😭😭😭

[@YonceKnowlesC]

28:41 cse no seriously 😂😂

[@rickyyy1248]

mad how much happened this year. icl thirsting over problematic men is not it

[@heyitzaimee]

rest in peace to the teenager that died on the submarine. wtf was the hype of that shake?

[@alastorwilson2319]

THE TOXIC GOSSIP TRAIN WAS IN JUUUNNNEEEE?????

[@lauraoreilly3114]

Chef’s kiss 😘

[@gmc55537]

king

[@forgotmyun]

Some kid in 2043 is gonna make a video about this

[@ANNEMARIE.K236]

Re: Harry His album was critically acclaimed and won AOTY 9 times in 9 different countries He wasn't the one who made out weirdly, it was revealed it was Emily after she was spotted making out with someone else. We've seen Harry kiss elsewhere, he kisses normally

[@gracee1731]

not this being the way i find our gaga is harley in joker 2?! where was i in feb

[@noemieslife]

Omg the shakira diss track feels like it was years ago

[@chmeezeball]

Wish did NOT get amazing reviews 😭

[@parmavioIets]

"the house that he cheated on her with"

[@zonule_]

2:45 raspberry jam not strawberry

[@Melissasofia522]

39:29 my ex best friend/bully in high school name was Tayler smith until she got married so hearing that made me become alert lol

[@SMG5_Fleetway]

Their creations are everywhere but who was pop cultures they created back at 1900s and born back from Southern California the grateful companions of the cult entertaining of entertainment by developing their creation from studios and years after they made it best we also made toys to bring them to life for centuries but now their coming to KZbin Disney Warner bros and other companies represents the newest vision based on those grateful legends pop culture you do want to become so popular

[@kimmy03]

Post the squid game vid!!

[@megankroe]

BEGGING YOU FOR THE SQUID GAMES THE CHALLENGE VIDEO!!!! 😫🙏

[@evieh4468]

where’s the spotify playlist 👀👀

[@lookingforlewys]

linked now! i completely forgot apologiesssss

[@evieh4468]

@@lookingforlewys no stress I’m just excited to see 😋

[@annabelle2538]

What would you like on your ribbon at all xxxx

[@lookingforlewys]

EXACTLY

[@ellajw7187]

REBECCA VARDYS ACCOUNT hahahaha dead

[@RawTimee]

14:34 atleast he asked her if he could first instead of just lighting it. Too many men do this…